Revolver-holster.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908,

E'. H. AUDREY. REVOLVER HOLSTER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 19. 190e.

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W/TNESSES Vl B THE NnRR/s PETERS co., WASHINGTON. n. c.

. pnrrn srarns FRANCIS H. A'UDLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KATHERINE M. AUDLEY, OF

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STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

REVOLVER-HOLSTER.

Application filed J' une 19,

Patented March 3, 1908.

1906. Seria1No.322,384.

T 0 all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANcIs Il. AUDLEY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolver- Holsters, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pistol or revolver holsters, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which will securely hold a revolves when inserted therein againts accidental dislodgment therefrom; a further object being to provide a holster particularly designed for use by policemen, cavalry men and others of this class, and which is so formed as to securely hold a revolver against accidental displacement or dislodgment; a further object being to provide a holster of the class specified which may be carried in a pocket, and which is provided with means for securing it in the pocket, and which may also be secured to a waist belt, andv which when in position will hold a revolver so that it can only be removed from the holster by hand.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of a revolver holster made according to my invention and adapted to be carried in a pocket and provided with means for holding it in the pocket; Fig. 2 a view similar to Fig. l showing` my improved holster as designed to be connected with a belt 3 Fig. 3 a side view of the device as shown in Fig. l; Fig. 4 a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 ,1 Fig. 5 a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6; and, Fig. 6 a back view of one form of the holster shown in Fig. l with one part of the back portion thereof removed.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawing, I provide a holster comprising a back member a and a front member the latter being secured to the back member so as to form a pocket c into which the barrel and cylinder of a revolver are adapted to be inserted as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4, and the pocket c is wider and larger at the top than at the bottom, the 1 bottom thereof being designed to receive the l barrel while the top portion thereof is designed to receive the cylinder of a revolver.

In the practice of my invention as shown in the drawing, I form in the back portion a, of the holster, and near the top portion of the pocket c, a rectangular opening d and secure in the front l) of the pocket c a'transversely arranged spring e which is shown in full lines in Fig. 4 'and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.

The back portion a of the holster is preferably made of thick stiff leather, while the front portion I) thereof, or the front portion of the pocket c, is made of more flexible leather, and when a revolver f is inserted into the pocket c as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, the cylinder f2, or one side thereof, enters the rectangular opening d in the back portion of the holster, while the spring e presses on the opposite side of said cylinder, and the transverse shoulder (Z2 formed by the opening d prevents the withdrawal of the revolver unless it is manipulated as hereinafter described, and said transverse shoulder d2 will prevent the accidental dislodgment of the revolver from the holster under all circumstances. In removing the revolver from the holster the handle f3 thereof is grasped in the usual manner andthe thumb is inserted between the top part a2 of the back portion of the holster which projects above the pocket, and this operation forces the cylinder of the revolver forwardly against the operation of the spring c and the revolver may be withdrawn from the pocket.

The back portion a of the holster is composed of two parts, and in practice I secure in the opposite edges thereof loop-shaped springs g which project therefrom and are adapted to be forced inwardly, and in practice, when the device is intended to be worn in the pocket, the springs g are forced inwardly when the holster is forced into the pocket and said springs automatically expand or move outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 1 when the holster is fully inserted into the pocket, and said springs expand the opposite side portions of the pocket and lock the holster therein. The end portions g2 of the springs g are movable between the separate parts of the back portion of the holster and said springs may be forced'inwardly in the operation of inserting the holster into the pocket, and in order to withdraw the holster from the pocket the said springs must be compressed. rlhis construction not only -prevents the holster itself from being removed from the pocket except by the owner thereof, but it also, as hereinbefore stated, prevents the accidental dislodgment of the revolver from the holster.

In Fig. 4 the rectangular opening d in the back portion of the holster is covered at the back by a thin flexible sheet 7L of leather and said thin flexible sheet is covered by a supplemental back sheet a3 which forms a part of the back portion a of the holster.

The holster shown in Fig. .7 is intended to be connected with a waist belt i of the kind usually Worn by policemen, and with this form of construction the back part of the holster may be made in any desired manner but is preferably of the same outline as the pocket b, but the back part of the holster is provided with the opening d adapted to receive the cylinder of the revolver, and the front part thereof, or the front part of the pocket with the transverse spring e.

The construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is the same as that shown in Figs. l, 3 and 4 except that the rectangular opening d is covered at the back thereof with a flexible sheet t' which is reinforced by a spring 7c secured to the back portion of the holster above the opening d and the free end of which bears on the sheet y', and the supplemental back part a3 of the holster covers the parts j and r and conceals them from view. In this form of construction a metal keeper m is secured transversely of the shoulder d2 formed by the opening d and reinforces said shoulder, and the springs g are made from a single piece of Wire bent into a yoke-shaped member g3 which passes through the keeper m, the sides of the yoke-shaped member gs being formed into the springs g.

In all the forms of construction shown there is a rectangular opening d in the back portion of the holster throughl which the cylinder f2 of the revolver passes when the latter is inserted into the pocket c, and in inserting the revolver into the pocket c the spring e is forcedoutwardly, and when the cylinder f2 of the revolver enters the opening` d as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4; the spring e forces the cylinder in the direction of the back portion of the holster and securely holds the revolver in the pocket C.

lt will be observed that the transverse width of the top portion of the pocket c is much greater than the diameter of the cylinder of the revolver, this construction being necessary in order to permit of the trigger guard and trigger of the revolver being inserted into the pocket c, and this construction also facilitates the operationof the spring e and permits of the forward expansion of the top front portion of the pocket c, or the front part 'b of the holster, in the operation of inserting the revolver into the pocket and also permits ol' the operation of the spring c 1n r forcing the cylinder of the revolver backwardly into the opening d.

lt will be observed that the operation of the device depends on the transverse shoulder d2 against which the cylinder of the revolver strikes, when the revolver is fully inserted into the pocket c, and my invention is not limited to any particular means of forming the said transverse shoulders and the same may be formed in any desired manner.

My improved holster may be composed of, or formed from any desired material and the spring e need. not necessarily be made of metal as any material which would stiifen the front portion of the pocket and at the same time permit of the action hereinbefore described may be employed.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A revolver holster having a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, the back portion of said pocket being provided with a transverse shoulder near the top thereof and the front portion of said pocket being provided with a spring.

'2. A revolver holster having a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, the back portion being provided with an opening adapted to receive one side of the cylinder, and the front of the pocket being provided with a spring adapted to bear on said cylinder.

3. A revolver holster provided with a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, the back portion of the pocket being provided with an opening adapted to receive one side of the cylinder and the front portion thereof with a spring adapted to exert pressure on said cylinder, said holster being also provided with means for locking it in a pocket.

Ll. A revolver holster comprising a back portion and a front portion forming a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, the back portion being projected above said pocket, and said back portion being also provided below the top of the pocket with a transverse shoulder and the front portion of the pocket with a spring.

5. A revolver holster provided with a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, the back of said pocket and the front part thereof near the top thereof 'being provided with devices which operate in connection with the cylinder of the revolver for holding said revolver in said pocket.

6. A revolver holster provided with a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, said pocket being composed of a front and back portion, the back portion being projected above said pocket,

and said back portion being provided below the top of said pocket with a transverse member adapted to engage the cylinder of a revolver so as to prevent its WithdrawalI and the front portion oi' the pocket being provided with a spring adapted to exert pressure on said cylinder.

7. A revolver holster provided at its opposite side edges with spring devices adapted to lock it in a pocket, said holster being also provided with a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver, and devices in the back and front Walls ofthe pocket and operating in connection with the cylinder of the revolver'for holding the latter in the pocket of the holster.

8. A revolver holster provided with a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cyl inder of a revolver, and devices in the front and back Walls of the pocket which operate in connection With the cylinder of the revolver to hold the revolver against accidental displacement from said pocket.

9. A revolver holster provided with a pocket adapted to receive the barrel and cylinder of a revolver7 the back ofthe pocket being provided with a transverse shoulder, and the front portion thereof with means for eX- erting pressure on the cylinder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 18 day of June 1906.

FRANCIS I-I. AUDLEY.

Witnesses z F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN. 

